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The NDIS and Education

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) does not change the role of schools or their obligations to students with hearing loss or other disabilities. Schools continue to be responsible for meeting the personalised learning and support needs of students with disability under the Disability Standards for Education 2005.  Dr Megan Barr from the University of Newcastle discusses how schools and the NDIS can work together to support the needs of your child with hearing loss.

Dr Megan Barr is a lecturer and researcher at The University of Newcastle and is passionate about children with hearing loss receiving the best possible service. She just completed a PhD investigating services for children with hearing loss and the NDIS. Megan has worked with children with hearing loss for over 20 years as a speech pathologist and early intervention teacher at RIDBC and the Sydney Children’s Cochlear Implant Centre. Megan has also worked as an NDIS provider with children with hearing loss in a local school.

This video has been divided into chapters. This will help you to find information faster within the video.
00:00 Introduction
02:00 Parent experiences of the NDIS
06:47 Changes to the NDIS (please note this was recorded in 2021)
18:45 How can the NDIS and schools work together
28:26 Tips for school
32:13 How to use NDIS funding to support best outcomes
38:50 Q & A

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